Awards
Over the years, Bic's album has gone platinum, and she has picked up several awards. Here's where you find the background and press releases on the awards!
Juice TV Awards 2003
Bic picked up the Best Solo Video award for "Get Some Sleep" at the Juice TV Awards on 1 September, 2003.
NZ Tui Awards 2003 Presentations
30 April, 2003
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Boh Runga presents at the New Zealand Music Awards 2003 with Andrew McLaren from Stellar*
Check out the NZ Music Awards 2003 page for all the photo's from the awards, courtesy of NZ Music Awards website.
NZ Tui Technical Awards 2003
April 2003
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The Tuis Technical Awards were held at Benediction Cafe, Auckland on Tuesday, 8 April, 2003. Bic is pictured here at the awards with Michael Glading (Sony Music), Daryl Ward, & Michael Keating (Sony Music NZ).
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NZ Tui Awards 2003
Bic's nominations for Tui Awards 2003:
Album Of The Year:
Pacifier - Pacifier
The Datsuns - The Datsuns
Goldenhorse - Riverhead
Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision
Nesian Mystik - Polysaturated
Single of the Year:
Che Fu - Misty Frequencies
Bic Runga - Get Some Sleep
goodshirt - Sophie
Anika Moa - Falling in Love Again
Nesian Mystik - It's On
Best Solo Artist
Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision
Anika Moa - Falling In Love Again
Carly Binding - Alright With Me
Best Female Vocalist
Kirsten Morelle (Goldenhorse) - Riverhead
Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision
Anika Moa - Falling In Love Again
Highest Selling NZ Album
Bic Runga - Beautiful Collision
Nesian Mystik - Polysaturated
Che Fu - Navigator
Video Award
Goodshirt's video for Sophie - Winner
Chris Graham and Bic Runga for Something Good
Che Fu for Misty Frequencies.
WINS:
Producer
Highest Selling NZ Album
Best Female Vocalist
Best Solo Artist
Check out the nominations article here, and an NZ Herald review of the awards nominations.
A review of the Technical Awards appears at Stuff NZ.
Christchurch's The Press has a review of the nominations, plus a one liner on OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT- One finalist only - to be announced on the night.
NZ Tui Awards 2001
Held at the Civic Theatre on Friday March 2, 2001 - with live performances by Fur Patrol, betchadupa, Che-Fu, Zed, Salmonella Dub, Tadpole and Dave Dobbyn
The old guard were serious contenders for attention (Greg Johnson, Dave Dobbyn, the Together Again tour of Dobbyn, Tim Finn and young guard Bic Runga), and those noisy young people with guitars bounced back after a fallow period.
Read the full article here.
NEW ZEALAND MUSIC AWARDS
1996
Winner: Most Promising Female Vocalist.
Finalist: Rising Star Award.
1997
Winner: Top female Vocalist.
Finalist: Single of the Year & Songwriter of the Year (Bursting Through).
1998
Winner:
 | Album of the Year (Drive) |
| Single of the Year & Songwriter of the Year (Sway) |
| Top Female Vocalist. |
Finalist:
| Best Music Video (Suddenly Strange, director Wayne Conway). |
Related awards:
| Best Cover Design (Drive, Wayne Conway - winner) |
| Top Engineer (Sway, Simon Sheridan - winner). |
1999
Winner:
| International Achievement Award. |
2000
Winner:
| International Achievement Award. |
2001:
Nomination:
| Finn-Runga-Dobbyn: Together In Convert Live (Album of the year). |
Related Awards:
Nomination:
| The Best of Strawpeople: 1990 - 2000 (Top Compilation of the Year) Featured Bic singing "Drive", the Cards track remake. |
APRA SILVER SCROLL AWARD (for songwriting)
1996
Winner: Song of the Year (Drive).
1997
Winner:
| Work Most Played in NZ (Sway) |
Finalist:
| Song of the Year (Sway) |
1999
Finalist:
|
Song of the Year (Dust) |
b.NET NZ MUSIC AWARDS
These awards are voted for by the public.
1998
Winner:
| Best Vocalist |
Nominations:
| Female Fox Award |
BILLBOARD MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS
1998
Winner:
| Adult Contemporary New Artist Clip of the Year. |
METRO
MAGAZINE
METRO READERS POLL
1997
| Top Band/Musician (1st equal) |
Song of '97:
| Sway (2nd) |
| Drive (3rd) |
1998
| Solo Artist of the Year (1st) |
1999
| Solo Artist of the Year (1st) |
2000
| Solo Artist of the Year (1st) |